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2018 Georgia Code 37-5-5 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 37-5-5 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 37-5-5

TITLE 37 MENTAL HEALTH

Section 5. Community Services for the Developmentally Disabled, 37-5-1 through 37-5-10.

ARTICLE 5 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS UNDERGOING HABILITATION, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, ETC., GENERALLY

37-5-5. Duty of county board of health to provide community services; district health department to advise families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals.

  1. County boards of health shall, subject to limitations herein specified, provide community services and shall employ such personnel as may be needed to serve developmentally disabled individuals in their respective counties.
  2. The district health department shall be the source of referral and information for the families or guardians of developmentally disabled individuals providing lifetime advice and guidance and referral to appropriate services.

(Ga. L. 1972, p. 700, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, § 3-5/HB 228.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Macon Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Comm'n, 252 Ga. 484, 314 S.E.2d 218, appeal dismissed, 469 U.S. 802, 105 S. Ct. 57, 83 L. Ed. 2d 8 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 79 Am. Jur. 2d, Welfare Laws, §§ 45, 46, 52.

C.J.S.

- 57 C.J.S., Mental Health, § 228 et seq.

Cases Citing O.C.G.A. § 37-5-5

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MacOn Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. MacOn-bibb Cnty. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n, 314 S.E.2d 218 (Ga. 1984).

Cited 28 times | Published | Supreme Court of Georgia | Apr 4, 1984 | 252 Ga. 484

...§ 99-3302)), the State of Georgia accepts a responsibility for its mentally retarded citizens, and the primary purpose of the Act is stated to be to provide community-based alternatives to total institutional care so that mentally retarded individuals can continue to live in their home communities. OCGA § 37-5-5 et seq....
...(The construction of the residence is to be financed by a federal grant from HUD.) State law expresses a policy for community placement of mentally retarded individuals, OCGA § 37-5-2 (Code Ann. § 99-3302), and places on county boards of health the obligation of providing such community services, OCGA § 37-5-5 (Code Ann....